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Date: 1400-1500
Language: French
Origin: Old French plaquier 'to make flat'

placard

 noun
     
Related topics: Politics
plac‧ard [countable]
PP a large notice or advertisement on a piece of card, which is put up or carried in a public place:
a huge placard saying 'Welcome to Derbyville'
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